INTERNSHIP - Finance Business Advisor Wholesale Banking

Finance Business Advisor Wholesale Banking

Internship - Full-time – Brussels – English

Introduction

Within Finance Business Advice (FBA) we are looking for an intern to assist our team. Our team is perfectly situated to financially navigate the business through market circumstances such as changing interest rates, high inflation, and a challenging geopolitical environment.  We are looking for someone that takes ownership and makes it happen, that has an enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and the capability for always being a step ahead. In return, we offer personal growth & an interesting internship, an open and dynamic environment, and a progressive and forward-looking mentality.

Role & work environment

Within Finance Business Advice, the team is the cornerstone for financial insights and advice for Wholesale Banking in Belgium. The Wholesale segment provides a wide range of financial services and products to support our corporate and institutional clients, which range from Payment & Cash Management services (PCM), lending to financial markets and advisory. The finance business advisor is a pro-active partner empowering the client-facing teams with valuable information and advice on both strategic and day-to-day themes, like for example financially navigating our business colleagues through the current changing interest rate environment and what the impact of structural high inflation will be on the business performance.

You will join a young and dynamic team that provides regular reporting and advice to senior management in both Belgium and The Netherlands, while also maintaining relationships with various other internal stakeholders. Your role is to help the team engage with the respective product- and sector leads on what the business environment means financially and how they can act accordingly. You will help the team to be the financial compass of the Wholesale bank! This will put you in the passenger seat for the forecasting process and for providing ad-hoc support, sometimes on business cases for new or existing products or services. In addition to supporting the finance business advisors in their day-to-day work, which will enable you to gain an in-depth understanding of a bank's business in the wholesale banking sector, you will be responsible for initiatives thought up by the team to improve product profitability, processes and the accuracy of management information. 

Together we will foster a way of working driven by our values with “our data is always right” at the core. We take ownership, we have the expertise, we communicate clearly and easily, and we challenge and advise.

Key responsibilities

Carrying out exciting initiatives specifically designed to challenge you

• Making a success of a project to significantly improve the way our processes are done, by e.g. simplification or automation

Help to provide financial result presentations, analyses and advice to relevant stakeholders

• Ensure high quality, first-time right deliverables

• Actively develop relationships within the finance department and the business and act as a trusted provider of information and advice

• Proactively look for ways to improve the content and format, keeping it relevant in the current fast-changing environment

Be involved in the overall budgeting and forecasting process

• Help the team in providing accurate forward-looking financial plans for a broad range of products

• Play a role in challenging on the financial developments happening in the Wholesale bank

Play an active role in the FBA department

• Work on overarching projects which cover the full bank (e.g., cost allocation)

• Actively work and think along in the team to look for possible efficiencies in our processes and to improve business-relevant insights

We look for

A student, able to integrate quickly into a dynamic team with a talent for taking it on and making ithappen, who will bring fresh ideas to the table, has a strong strategic compass and is able to embrace challenges in a fast-changing and complex environment. You are a naturally curious and collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

To become an FBA intern, you will:

• Do a 6-month internship as a part of your academic Master curriculum

• Have an analytical mind and intellectual curiosity that you combine with a sincere interest in banking and market developments

• Be proactive and have an autonomous attitude that translates into flexibility when deadlines are due

• Have to us excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English

• Have Excel/Powerpoint skills and the interest to improve those on the job

We offer you

A clear purpose and a unique offer:

• Initial experience in a dynamic (Wholesale) banking environment providing you with an in-depth understanding of the bank's products and processes

• Regular exposure to finance management and opportunities to build an extensive network within ING Finance Belgium

• An informal, dynamic, international environment with helpful colleagues supporting your endeavours

• On-the-job training to translate theory into practice, learning from highly experienced professionals

• The Internship starts in September 2026

We redefine banking. What about you?

There has never been a more interesting time to work at ING. We are on a journey that’s centred around our customers, powered by technology and driven by smart & determined people. Our customers feel our people are empowering them to stay a step ahead in life and business. We’re proud of that!

Is this the environment you thrive in?

Then please apply and join us in changing the future of finance and banking!